Regional Economic Communities (RECs) | Member States | Status | Year of Establishment |
Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) | Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia | In progress to eliminate tariffs & non-tariff barriers. Not yet set date for FTA | 17 Feb 1989 |
Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) | Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia | At the stage of coordinating and harmonizing activities among member states | 4 February 1998 |
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) | Burundi, Comoros, D.R. Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Seychelles, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe | Custom Union though there are member states who has not yet signed even the FRT protocol | 8 December 1994 |
East African Community (EAC) | Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda | Customs Union | 7July 2000 |
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) | Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Rep., D.R. Congo, Chad, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Rwanda | Free Trade Area | 1 July 2007 |
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) | Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo | Free Trade Area and it was envisioned to create the Customs Union by 2015 | 28May 1975 |
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) | Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda | In progress to eliminate tariff and non-tariff barriers. Not yet set date for FTA | 25 November 1996 |
Southern African Development Community (SADC) | Angola, Botswana, D.R. Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe | Free Trade Area | 1992 |